PREMIUM Hot tea, hotter politics: How Silverline Hotel became Eldoret’s ‘parliament’ At Silverline Hotel , the crowd cuts across generations — political operatives, elders, business owners, young people and ordinary residents. Uasin Gishu Just now

Business people, political operatives and ordinary residents drift in and out, joining conversations that move easily from local affairs to national politics.

Photo credit: Jared Nyataya | Nation Media Group For more than two decades, Silverline Hotel has been a meeting place for politicians, elders and ordinary residents, and a familiar stop for those seeking to gauge the mood of the North Rift.

Photo credit: Boniface Mwangi I Nation Media Group Mr Benjamin Letting, a local opinion leader and regular at the joint, remembers when Mr Mandago was campaigning to become the first governor of Uasin Gishu.